Penholder



Jan. 5 1926. 1,568,496

o. H. BURDETTE PENHOLDER Filed Maren 28, 1922 Patented Jan. 5, 1926.

UNITED STATES OTIS H, BURDETTE, OF ATLANTA, GEORGIA.

PENHOLDER.

Application filed March 28, 1922. Serial No, 547,437.

To all fui/1,0m t may concern i Be it known that l, Orts H. Blinmrr'iu, a citizen of the United States, residing at Atlanta, in the county of Fulton and State of Georgia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Penholders, of which the following is a specification.

This invention re ates to improvements in penholders.

The ordinary penholder presents the disadvantage that after it has been in use for some little time, the pen seat will become so fouled and clogged with dried ink as to render it difficult to properly fit a pen point into the seat.. Or, if the pen point is allowed to remain in the seat of the holder for a considerable period of time and is not frequently cleaned, it and the seat will become corroded and great difficulty will be experienced in removing the pen point without damage to the seat. Therefore it is the primary object of the present invention to provide a penholder embodying a novel construction of seat for the pen point adapt-ed to rlnly grip and support the point in a substantial and rigid manner and yet capable of yielding in a manner to provide for the most ready and convenient insertion of the pen point therein and the removal of the point therefrom.

Another object of the invention is to so construct the pen point gripping and holding means of the seat as to adapt the point to be sprung away from the wall of the ferrule of the seat in the act of removal and therefore break apart the said elements in the event they have become corroded and mutually united by the corrosion.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure l is a detail longitudinal sectional view through one form of penholder embodying the invetnion;

Figure 2 is a perspective view of'. the penholder with the ferrule removed to better illustrate the form and arrangement of the component parts of the pen gripping and holding means;

Figure 3 is a view similar to Figure l illustrating a modification of the invention;

Figure 4 is a perspective view ot' the pen gripping member shown in Figure 3; and

Figure 5 is a plan view of the blank from which the gripping member is formed.

In the drawings and more particularly in Figures l and 2, the .Sta-'ff' of .the penholder is indicated by the numeral i, and may be of wood or any other material suitable for the purpose and of any desired limensions and. contour. The staff is provided with a forward reduced end indicated by the numeral 2 onto which is fitted the pen point gripping and holding member of the invention indicated in general by the numeral 2. This member is preferably formed. from sheet metal and comprises a tubular body Ait snugly fitted onto the reduced end 2 of the staff' and provided at its forward end and at one side with a relatively rigid pen seat indicated by the numeral 5. This seat is in the nature of a linger constituting a forward extensionl of one side of the sleeve and is transversely curved to the same form as the wall of the said sleeve except at .its end where it is also longitudinally curved as indicated by the numeral 6 so as to provide a rounded nose. A ferrule 7 is fitted onto the sleeve t of the member 3 and is thus supported upon the end of the staff l, and this ferrule has its forward end extending a suitable distance beyond the end of the nose 6, and while the seating linger 5 for the greater portion of its length bears against the wall of the ferrule, it bends away from the surface of said wall at its nose end 6 so that the butt end of a pen point fitted into the ferrule 7 may be readily engaged between the rounded nose of the seating linger and the wall of the ferrule, thisend of the pen point being fitted or wedged between the` said finger and ferrule for a greater or less portion of its length and being thus afforded firm support at said end. The finger 5, it will be understood, is relatively rigid, being yieldablc only to an extent to permit of the wedging 9 tit of the butt end of the pen point between its nose and the wall of the ferrule 7.

A pen point gripping finger S entends from the said forward end of the sleeve i at the side opposite the finger 5 and this gripping linger 8 comprises a shank portion 9 integrally connected with the said forward end of the sleeve Lland constituting in effect a continuation of the said side of the sleeve. Beyond its shank portion 9 the linger is curved upwardly in the general direction of the linger 5 as indicated by the numeral l() to provide a bearing portion ll n whicliis preferably transversely and longitudinally reunited and which lies :forwardlybeyond and in spaced relation to the nose 6 of the linger being designed to bear more or less iirmly against the wall of the ferrule 7 at the forward end of the latter, when the pen point is not in place. When the pen point is iitted into the seat of the holder, its butt end will wedge between the finger 5 and the wall ot the ferrule T and its intermediate portion will be engaged by the bearing portion 11 oi the finger S, the inger bearing against the inner side of the pen point shank and binding the same iirinly against the wall of the terrule 7. Thus the pen point will be iirmly retained within the ferruie but it will be` evident that when its removal is desired, this may be readily accoinplisheil even it' the parts have become corroded and united by the corrosion, inasmuch as the pen point maybe sprung inwardly away `from the wall of the ferrule 7 upon the nose' (i as a ulcrum and aga-inst the resiliency of' the iinger 8, as shown in dotted lines in Figure 1 ot the drawings. Therefore by the seating and holding means embodying the invention in the 'form described, the pen point is adapted to be readily and conveniently fitted into the seat of the holder and equally as readily removed therefrom even if the parts are corroded.

in the form of the invention shown in Figures 3 and llof the drawings, the stati is indicated in general by the numeral 'l2 and is provided with a reduced forward end 13 which directly constitutes the relatively rigid seating member of the device, being provided at one side at its forward end with a relatively rigid entensio'n or iinger let having a rounded nose 15 corresponding to 4the nose 6. Aierr'ule 1G is fitted onto the reduced end 13 of the stati, and the pen point, when itted into the holder, is adapted to be wedged between the wall of the ferrule and the said nger 14 and its nose 15 as shown in Figure 3 and in the saine manner as the butt end of the pen point is wedged between the finger 5 and ferrule 7 in the previously described form of the invention. In the; form of the invention the resilient or yield able seating finger is indicated by the nii-- meral 17 and the same is preferably formed from a strip of resilient sheet metal and comprises a shank 18 which is fitted between the reduced end 13 ot the stati and the wall ot the terru'le 1G and is provided at its inner end with a spur 19 which bites into the side of the said reduced end oi the sta. The shank 18 is provided with a 'forwardly extending angularly disposed portion 2() which is yieldable in view oi' the resiliency of the material from which the finger is formed, and the end portion of this part Q0 is overturned or rounded as at 21 to provide a bearing portion designed to bear firmly against the inner side of the wall et the fer:- rule 16 at the end oi' the latter.

Having thus described the invention what is claimed as new is:

A penholder comprising a stail having a reduced end portion, a tei-rule fitted on the reduced end of the stati, a sleeve encircling said reduced end portion oi" the stati within the ierrule, the ferrule projecting beyond the end of said sleeve, a finger integral with and extending from the end of the sleeve bcyond the reduced end portion of the stall and arranged to receive between it and the wall ot' the errule the butt end of a pen point to be held, the said iinger having a downwardly and forwardly rounded nose, and a yieldable resilient pen seating finger integral with and extending from the end of the sleeve below the first-mentioned iinger and housed within the terrule and having its Jfree end rounded longitudinally and transversely to coact with the wall of the ferrule at a point in advance of the extremity of the first-mentioned iinger.

In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature.

OTIS H. BURDETTE. [L s] rf ali) 

